Brace for Nightmares: James Wan’s True Haunting Trailer Drops Ahead of Netflix’s October Release
Netflix unleashes the first look at True Haunting, a new docu-series from executive producer James Wan, set to haunt screens this October.
James Wan, the guy who kicked off Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring, is back to haunt your queue for Halloween. Netflix just dropped a teaser for True Haunting, a new docu-series he produced that hits the service on October 7.
So what is this thing?
Netflix is being cute about details. The official line is:
"Acclaimed master of horror James Wan brings his chilling cinematic vision to real supernatural stories."
Which is marketing-speak for: this is a true-crime-style ghost show. The teaser makes it clear we’re getting first-hand interviews about allegedly haunted houses, stitched together with creepy reenactments. If you like that blend of testimony and dramatizations, you’ll feel at home here.
How the season is laid out
Season 1 spans two separate cases across five episodes, split 3-and-2. It’s essentially two mini-series under one roof:
- Eerie Hall — 3 episodes
Director: Neil Rawles
Executive producers: James Wan, Simon Allen, Mark Lewis, Lindsay Shapero, Scott Stewart, Michael Clear, Rob Hackett
Production companies: RAW (All3Media) and Atomic Monster - This House Murdered Me — 2 episodes
Director: Luke Watson
Executive producers: James Wan, Simon Allen, Mark Lewis, Lindsay Shapero, Scott Stewart, Michael Clear, Rob Hackett
Production companies: RAW (All3Media) and Atomic Monster
I like the structure: two self-contained haunts, one a little meatier than the other. Easy weekend binge, minimal commitment.
Wan and Netflix, part two
This isn’t Wan’s first rodeo with Netflix. He previously executive produced the 2022 series Archive 81 alongside Paul Harris Boardman and Rebecca Sonnenshine. That one adapted the podcast about an archivist named Dan Turner who restores a stack of trashed 1994 tapes, uncovers filmmaker Melody Pendras’s investigation into a cult, and starts believing he can somehow save her from the fate she met 25 years earlier. It ran eight episodes and then got canceled. Fingers crossed True Haunting has a longer afterlife.
Bottom line
If you’re into haunted-house lore with a cinematic gloss and the James Wan touch on the steering wheel, True Haunting looks like prime October viewing. Teaser’s out now, full series lands October 7. You in?